Listening to DH wrapping my presents and I think he’s got me a live lobster

[WhenisitmyturntobePM]

It’s the only explanation. So far I’ve heard:

What the bugger….?
Breathe, just breathe…
1….. 2….. 3….. 4
Right I’m not wrapping it. I’m just not.
Arrrrrggggghhhhh

And the best…. ‘Fuckinora!’

I’ve offered to help but it didn’t go down well.

For context, we usually get each other about 3 presents and he’s been wrapping for an hour.

Please please update! I have old got DH multiples bottles of bubble bath - individually wrapped. And they were a pain to wrap. I wonder when he will twig all his gifts are bubble wrap

I'm here for the big reveal 😁

Also here for the update! Come on OP, it's almost 9am!!

Here for the big reveal too

OP is probably lobster wrangling.

@WhenisitmyturntobePM come on now please it is 08.55, haven't you exchanged gifts yet?! 🤩

Happy Christmas morning everyone 🎄

Photo of the offending items. An Emma Bridgewater mug and a Laniege lip balm.

Having unwrapped all my presents I couldn’t figure out the problem item, so I tentatively asked ‘which one gave you all the jip?’. He said ‘them two, I couldn’t wrap them together, the little one kept slipping’.

I know it’s Christmas but I couldn’t help myself, I burst out laughing and HAD to ask why he didn’t just wrap them individually.

’Didn’t think of that, did I’.

Bless him! He definitely gets marks for effort!

Aw..what a sweetie! Lovely presents. Happy Christmas to the WhenisitmyturntobePM's house.

Oh that's hilarious!

Ah bless him, the Muppet. Enjoy your Christmas OP. I'm off to put the cats new cat laser toy on.

Brilliant!

I’d put all the other presents in the teepee and make it the wrapping, personally. Job done 👏

That’s brilliant. They could charge £50 a roll and I think my husband would buy it.

So sorry 🫣 We have no kids and work from home, so I should have been clear that the crack of dawn for us is 8am ish 🤭

I know, clearly not one for thinking outside the box, as it were.

Looks like your cat got lucky this year! Enjoy.

My entire family asked "how is the lobster this morning?"

"Didn't occur to him to wrap them separately" is gold. Well done, OP.

I will never understand why men make such a big deal out of wrapping presents.

Oh how funny but strangely disappointing. No lobster or snake on speed?

I am laughing because I am the same at wrapping. I do not have an area where I can wrap - no table or desk. I take after my Gran who could not see to wrap properly but when the tags came off we still knew it was from her!

She once said to my mum that she found it hard knowing what to get us kids. Easy said Mum , they would be happy with some quality Street (the pack not the tin) and of course we were and even with her wrapping we could tell what it was even when the tag fell off!

I know, right? It’s my birthday in March though so I’ll be dropping hints for Nora.

Lovely memories, love that you’ve inherited your Gran’s foibles.

Great thread! Read it last night and came back for the big reveal.

Please can we see the mug (I love Emma Bridgewater)?

Thanks for the fun, OP. And have a very happy Christmas!!😁

Please add watering can to the list.

The Christmas that ds2 was two my late DH and I bought him a tractor for Christmas. For some bizzare reason the instructions were in French... DH shut himself in the dining room at 8.30pm... I gingerly opened the door at 10pm...
"How are you getting on darling??"
"Do you want to bloody do it??"
"Errrr nooooo!"
"Well bugger off then!!!"
I went to bed and left him to it!
Matters were not improved when ds2 only wanted the box on Christmas Day!! 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣

Ha ha sounds like my DH. Makes a meal out of everything and completely misses the easy solution.